2 Thessalonians 1:1-7

1 Paul, Silas[a] and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
5 All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

Cross References 16

  • 1. S Acts 15:22
  • 2. S Acts 16:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1
  • 3. S Acts 17:1
  • 4. S Romans 1:7
  • 5. S Romans 1:8; Ephesians 5:20
  • 6. S 1 Thessalonians 3:12
  • 7. 2 Corinthians 7:14
  • 8. 1 Thessalonians 1:3
  • 9. 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; S 1 Thessalonians 3:3
  • 10. Philippians 1:28
  • 11. Luke 20:35
  • 12. Luke 18:7,8
  • 13. Romans 12:19; Colossians 3:25; S Revelation 6:10
  • 14. S Luke 17:30
  • 15. Hebrews 10:27; S Hebrews 12:29; 2 Peter 3:7; S Revelation 1:14
  • 16. 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 14

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Greek "Silvanus" , a variant of "Silas"
  • [b]. The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.
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